Western Australian Current Acts

SALE OF GOODS ACT 1895 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Sale of Goods Act 1895 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent		Commencement
The Sale of Goods Act 1895 3	41 of 1895 (59 Vict. No. 41)		12 Oct 1895	1 Jan 1896 (see s. 61)
Reprint of The Sale of Goods Act 1895 authorised 8 May 1956 (not in a Volume)
Reprint of The Sale of Goods Act 1895 authorised 15 Apr 1965 (not in a Volume)
Decimal Currency Act 1965	113 of 1965		21 Dec 1965	Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1)); s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))
Reprint of The Sale of Goods Act 1895 authorised 6 Oct 1981 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1994 s. 4	73 of 1994		9 Dec 1994	9 Dec 1994 (see s. 2)
Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1994 s. 100	88 of 1994		5 Jan 1995	1 Apr 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Mar 1996 p. 1495)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 109	57 of 1997		15 Dec 1997	15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))
Reprint of The Sale of Goods Act 1895 as at 7 Jul 2000 (includes amendments listed above) (correction in Gazette 12 Mar 2002 p. 1032)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 150(1)	74 of 2003		15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004		23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
Reprint 5: The Sale of Goods Act 1895 as at 26 Jan 2007 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2009 s. 17	46 of 2009		3 Dec 2009	4 Dec 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 33, 44(2) and 51	19 of 2010		28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

² For details of The Factors Acts 1823 to 1878 , see the Factors Acts Amendment Act 1878 s. 1.

³ Now known as the Sale of Goods Act 1895; short title changed (see note under s. 62).

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)
action 60(1)
buyer 60(1)
contract of sale 60(1)
deliverable state 60(4)
delivery 60(1)
document of title to goods 60(1)
fault 60(1)
future goods 5(1), 60(1)
good faith 60(2)
goods 60(1)
insolvent 60(3)
mercantile agent 25(3)
necessaries 2(2)
plaintiff 60(1)
property 60(1)
quality of goods 60(1)
sale 60(1)
seller 38(2), 60(1)
specific goods 60(1)
unpaid seller 38(1)
warranty 60(1)